Live fire tests with FDNY will guide improvements in fire department tactics
Wednesday, July 11, 2012 - 16:00
in Earth & Climate
In the name of science, but with aim of saving lives, preventing injuries and reducing property losses, members of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) spent much of the first two weeks in July setting fire to 20 abandoned townhouses on Governors Island, about a kilometer from the southern tip of Manhattan.